Why am I being such a......

[dvk901]

stick in the mud over mod foldering?

Well, because I have had a 'lingering idea' for a long time that might be very useful for us in setting up alternate factional play scenarios, and swap factions. That idea is...mod folder RS2 to ITSELF!!

IF, you can mod folder an entire mod to vanilla, I see no reason why you couldn't mod folder a modification of RS2. This would avoid many issues of having to swap files around (with the corresponding player complaints that something didn't work or CTD'd because they didn't follow instructions). All the files would be totally isolated from the main install, and could be worked on separately and even independently of the main install.
The map itself could be set up radically different if we so desired (as far as where factions are). All factional icons and graphical stuff can be totally independent, rather than having to copy over existing stuff in the main folder. I see a ton of things about this that would make it much easier for us in the long run.

The only thing is, I have never tested it so I don't know if it would work. Is there any reason it wouldn't?

[Squid]

I had a hunch that would one of the reasons you were vehemently against mod foldering. I also figured that I'm also reasonably accurate in that given no one has changed the environment at all and certainly not as much as we have, no one would know how to mod folder all those changes.

[dvk901]

You are correct my friend. Even I have no idea what kind of unpredictable behavior could occur...and would just as well not have to deal with or fix it.

[Roman_Man#3]

By george, that would most certainly work. EB and FATW are both totally mod foldered, and unless you're changing more files to swap a faction than they have, it'll be fine.

[leif_erikson]

What about a submod for RS2 focused on the first Macedonian war with new map and some new factions?

[Ketchup]

What about a submod for RS2 focused on the first Macedonian war with new map and some new factions?

From what I understand that seems possible! Though it would be a lot of work... lol

[leif_erikson]

From what I understand that seems possible! Though it would be a lot of work... lol

I know, that's why I brought it up here as I cannot do it by myself maybe I'll get you guys on board with it

[Father Jack]

What about a submod for RS2 focused on the first Macedonian war with new map and some new factions?

*drools at the countless possibilities*
Perhaps even a Greek City state submod.

[Calvin]

This opens up a world of possibilities...

[tone]

The map would be relatively straightforward with the tools that are available. It'd be fun to get all the mountains detailed in properly.

[dvk901]

I think, by allowing ourselves this possibility it will take a lot pressure off the team in terms of trying to figure out how to swap factions or do other things...or even TAKE ADVANTAGE of all the work we've done in other ways. I've been thinking how easy it would be to, for instance, create a mini-mod of sorts that pits the currently existing Greek states and city states into a mod of it's own. I've worked on maps so much lately that it seems, as Tone says, it would be kinda fun to create a really detailed Greek map and have a few factions....Achaia, Athens, Sparta, Macedon, Pergamon, Rhodes, Bithynia, Boiotia, etc....and let them fight out a more detailed campagn where turns are 'a week' or something. Something like RTR is doing but in a different vain.

It would even be interesting to recreate the conflict between Bosporan, Scythia and the Sarmatians in that area....something no one has ever done. Bite off a chunk of the map, give it a bunch of regions, put in or allow playable the factions that fit into the area. Really, the map itself would be most of the work.

[Calvin]

Well there's just so much we could do - the possibilities are almost endless. As would be the workload

[dvk901]

Heh....yeah. What have I done?

[Arnspac]

Geez...I leave you guys alone for two days............................

Very tantalizing idea.